Safety watch-pocket.



1N0. 897,058. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

M. B. BROWN. SAFETY WATCH POCKET.

APPLICATION II'LED JAN. 18, 1908.

avwonto z THE NORRIS PETERS c0., WASHINGTON, n. c.

MARY E. BROWN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY WATCH-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed January .18, 1908. Serial No. 411,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. BROWN, a citizen ofthe United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety Watch-Pockets, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a safety watch pocket, and the primary objectof the invention is, to rovide an auxiliary pocket that can be easi ysecured in the pocket of a vest or garment for firmly holding a watch,and preventing the same from being surreptitiously removed.

Another object of'this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivewatch pocket that will permit of a stem winding watch being woundwithout removing thev same from the pocket.

With the above and which will more readily appear as the invention isbetter understood, the same consists in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully describedand then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a safety watch pocketconstructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a safety watch pocket.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my safety watch pocketsomewhat after a purse, the pocket com rising a bag 1 having twopivotedsemi-circu ar members 2, to which the pocket is suitably secured.These members are normally held together by interlocking clasps 3, saidclasps being easily opened when it is desired to remove a watch from apocket. The members 2 intermediate the clasps 3 are pressed outwardly toprovide a collar 4, through which the stem 5 of a watch 6 is adapted toprotrude. Fitting upon the collar 4. is a two-partcap l for closing theupper end of the collar and encircling the watch stem when the members 2are in closed position.

One side of the pocket 1 is provided with a other objects in view safetypin 7, said pin being bent as at 8 to conform to the shape of thepocket, andthis bent portion passed through lugs 9 carried by one of themembers, whereby when the safety watch pocket is placed in a vestpocket, it can be readily pinned therein.

It will be impossible to remove the watch from the safety pocket unlessclasps 3 are opened, and before this operation could be surreptitiouslyperformed, the owner of the watch would be aware that the same was beingfraudulently removed.

The bag of the safety watch pocket can be made of leather, or a fabric,while the remainder of the pocket can be made of light and durablemetal.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A safety watch pocket comprising a bag, two pivoted members carriedthereby, clamps normally holding said members in a closed position, eachof said members being bent to provide a central collar section for thereception of a watch stem, said collar sections opposing each other andadapted to inclose the watch stem, lugs carried by one of said members,a cap section fitted upon each of the collar sections and adapted toencircle the watch stem, and a safety pin extending through said lugsand having a bent portion conforming to the shape of said pocket.

2. A safety watch pocket comprising a bag, two pivoted members carriedthereby, means for holding said members in a closed position, each ofsaid members provided with a centrally disposed collar section, saidsections opposing each other and adapted to inclose the watch stem whenthe members are closed, lugs carried near each end of one of saidmembers, and a safety pin extending through said lugs and having a bentportion conforming to the shape of the pocket.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MARY E. BROl/VN.

Witnesses:

lVIAX H. SROLOVITZ, K. H. BUTLER.

